💥 Attack

Three explosions struck Mariupol during daylight, with two hitting the Ilych steel factory area and one near the airport.

February 23, 2023 Mariupol, Donetsk

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Kyrylo Budanov (person) Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (military_unit) 72nd Separate Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) volunteer Cossack Detachment (military_unit) 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian Pacific Fleet (military_unit) Illich Iron and Steel Works (location) Kalmius district (location) Wagner Group (military_unit) Russia (organization) Ruslan Vialshyn (person) 1135 battalion of the Sloviansk 1st Motorised Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Illich Steel and Iron Works (location) Russian armed forces (organization) Russian occupation forces (military_unit) Mariupol (location) Russian forces (organization) Donetsk Oblast (location) Russian troops (military_unit) Ukraine's Southern Command (military_unit) Natalia Humeniuk (person) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Mariupol City Council (organization) Mariupol metallurgical plant (location) Ukrainian Army (military_unit) Rustam Muradov (person) Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Russian Federation (organization) Donetsk (location) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Bakhmut (location) Lyman (location) Avdiivka (location)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Three explosions struck Mariupol during daylight, with two hitting the Ilych steel factory area and one near the airport.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russia is trying to enter Bakhmut from the east and north, with fighting in suburban residential areas

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Intense shelling in Vuhledar suggests Russia may be preparing for another offensive.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

There is a realistic possibility that Russia is preparing for another offensive effort in Vuhledar area. Russia's Eastern Group of Forces likely still has responsibility for the Vuhledar operation.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The enemy shelled settlements in the Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions and used 6 barrage ammunition of the 'Lancet' type.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.284Z

Source story: day-366-2023-03-01